It's all in the details! Give your big day an added touch of whimsy with these creative ideas for table assignments and place cards.

Animal Instincts

Animal Instincts

To place guests at their Kentucky wedding, this couple spray-painted plastic horses gold, drilled a small hole in each, and inserted wires to secure the cards. They set the steeds atop sod; the bride's mother made the white fence that surrounds the corral.

Hatch a Prettier Seating Plan

Hatch a Prettier Seating Plan

A carrier pigeon, clad in a vintage-postcard print—could there be a wittier way to convey your wedding's pecking order? We fell for the concept upon spying it in Clare Youngs's Book Art (Cico, $21.95). Then we simplified the process for you: Just print our placecard art onto 8½"W x 11"L card stock, cut out, and fold in half as directed. To equip each pigeon with a message, write a guest's name on a 5/16"W x 6"L strip of paper and curl the ends by wrapping them around a pencil. Then loop the strip around the bird's front leg before perching him atop a plate.